March 31, 2022
Russian translation is at the very bottom.
“Armenia at the crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities for Sovereignty and Identity” round-table discussion organized by “Modus Vivendi” and “Free Citizen” non-governmental organizations was held yesterday. Participants of the event unanimously adopted a statement, which was joined by other political parties and non-governmental organizations, public figures.
Here you can watch the broadcasting of the event:
Below is the text of the Statement and the organizations, and public figures, which signed it:
STATEMENT
by the Democratic Forces of Armenia
We, the undersigned, acting as the bearers and representatives of the national will of the Armenian people, raise our irreversible choice and position on the following:
1) The sovereignty of Armenia is an absolute value and an indisputable fact for us. We, therefore, refuse to join the so-called Union State, a fortiori Russia, or in any other way to participate in or support the restoration of the Russian Empire, as well as deny its propagandists. We will do our best to prevent encroachments on Armenia’s sovereignty.
2) We see the future of Armenia, the modernization and reconstruction of the national state identity of the Armenian people in a family of civilized nations united under the auspices of democracy and universal values.
3) Recognizing Russia’s inability to ensure the security of Armenians in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, as a result of which the latter, having already suffered heavy territorial losses, continues to shrink even after the war at the expense of the territories under Russian responsibility, while Armenians living there are subjected to ethnic cleansing. We demand of Armenian authorities to address the UN Security Council for the allocation of international peacekeepers in Artsakh with a UN mandate within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group.
4) We condemn the continuous Russian aggression against the sovereign state of Ukraine. We treat it as a continuation of the imperialistic harassment against freedom-loving nations and states, and dictatorial regimes’ attacks against democracies, including Aliyev’s regime aggression against Artsakh in 2020, towards which the reaction of the international community was disproportionately moderate. We call on the UN to put in place effective mechanisms for the peaceful and diplomatic settlement of all international and inter-ethnic issues in line with the modern achievements of civilization and international law.
The Statement is open for joining
Conservative Party
Armenian Constructive Party
European Party of Armenia
National Democratic Alliance
“Shant Union” Nationalist Party
Sovereign Armenia Party
Union for National Self‑Determination
Armenian Institute for International and Security Affairs
Asparez Journalists’ Club
Consumer Advice Center NGO
Center for Economic Law NGO
“Free Citizen” Civic Initiatives Support Center NGO
“For Equal Rights” NGO
“Helsinki Association” human rights NGO
Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, Vanadzor
“Modus Vivendi” Center NGO
Open Society Foundations – Armenia
Trtu Cultural NGO
Union of Informed Citizens NGO
Womens Resource Center NGO
Ani Mirzoyan, lecturer, PhD in Economics, writer
Armen Hovhannisyan, Journalist, analyst
Armen Chibukhchyan, political scientist
Gregory Irian, composer
Harout Kalaydjian, a Public figure
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Author of RA green programs
Hrachya Arzumanian, Expert on military and national security issues, Doctor of Political Sciences
Nina Karapetyants, human rights activist
Saro Saroyan, Political scientist
Suren Kanayan, PhD
